Bologna hadn't won a Serie A match since April 20 (D2 L4): a 1-0 defeat against Inter, with Riccardo Orsolini scoring the winner at the Dall'Ara.
Riccardo Orsolini (66) moved into 12th place in Bologna's Serie A all-time top scorers list, surpassing Marco Di Vaio (65).
Riccardo Orsolini is one of two players currently in Serie A—along with Scott McTominay—to have scored 10 goals in the competition since 2025.
Bologna have won four of their last seven Serie A matches against Como (D1 L2), keeping four clean sheets, including in the most recent one; furthermore, after a win and a draw last season, the Felsinei could avoid losing three games in a row against Como for the first time in the top-flight.
Como have conceded at least one goal in each of their last five Serie A matches against Bologna, and only once in the competition have they conceded goals in more consecutive matches against the Felsinei, doing so in six straight between 1975 and 1982.
Bologna have won their last four home games against Como in Serie A without conceding a single goal; the Rossoblù only have a longer current streak of clean sheets at home against a single opponent in the top-flight against Lazio (5).
Including the end of last season, Bologna are on a run of four consecutive defeats in Serie A, and the last time they lost five games in a row under the same coach came between April and May 2011 under Alberto Malesani.
Como have won both of their first two Serie A games of a season only once before, in the 1951/52 season; since then, they had never won either of their first two games in a top-flight season (D8 L14), until beating Lazio 2-0 last time out.